Mailable blotter.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

G. W. SPEYER. MAILABLB BLOTTER. APPLIOATION FILED DBO.1,1906.

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GEORGE W. SFEYER, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

MAILABLE BLOTTER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed December 1, 1906. Serial No. 346,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SrEYnm'a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia,'

panied by any desired amount of advertising matter and arrive at its destination in an unsoil'ed condition. The object of the invention is to provide an article,

one portion of which comprises a blotter and the remaining portion thereof adapted to carry any desired amount of advertising matter and also the name and address of the person to whom the article is mailed. Upon arriving at its destination, the advertising and address sections may be torn off and thrown away, leaving the blotter perfectly clean and fresh ready for use.

From the very nature of blotters, it is practically impossible to print anything thereon unless very large type is used and fine etchings cannpt be reproduced at all unless one surface of the blotter is calendered, which involves a, rather expensive process. Furthermore, if one surface of the blotter is calendered and the name and address of the person to whom the blotter is to be sent is written thereon, the blotter in transmission through the mail often becomes soiled and unfit for use.

According to my invention I am able to provide the back side of the blotter with printed matter of any kind whatsoever or even the finest etchings. Furthermore, my improved blotter may be sent through the mail and its arrival at its destination in a perfectly fresh and unsoiled condition is assured. A blotter containing a large amount of advertising matter too prominently displayed is objected to by many persons, but according to my invention advertising matter of any suitable kind may be brought to the direct attention of the addressee, and after having been read may be torn off from the blotter accompanying the same and the sections containing the advertising matter and the name and address thrown away, leaving merely a blottor with any suitable printed matter thereon, as, for instance, a calendar of the month, an attractive picture, or a not too prominent advertisement.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding. parts in all the figures, in which Figure l is aplan view of one form of my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation as folded ready for mailin My improved article comprises a blotter 10 of any suitable size convenient for office use and having a 'sheet'ohcalendered paper pasted, glued or otherwise firmly secured to the surface thereof. The size of this sheet of paper is an exact multiple of the size of the blotter and may be marked off into separate sections, each of which is substantially equal in size to the blotter. As shown, this sheet of paper is substantially three times the" size of the blotter, and the respective sections of the same may be designated by the numerals 11, 12 and 13. The blotter is of a length exactly equal to the width of the sheet of paper and exactly coincides with one of the sections of said paper. As shown in the drawings, the blotter is firmly secured by paste or other suitable means to the section 13, while the sections 12 and 11 extend outward from one longitudinal edge of the blotter. The section 13 which is secured to the blotter may have any picture, calendar, or other suitable matter printed on the side thereof opposite to said blotter, while the section 12 may, if desired, have prominent advertising matter printed upon both sides thereof The end section is adapted to receive the name and address of' the person to whom the blotter is to be mailed, and upon the opposite side of this section prominent advertising matter may also'be printed. The section 12 is, of course, integral with the section 13, but a weakened linebetween the two sections and adjacent the edge of the blotter may, if desired, be formed.

In manufacturing the improved article above described, the printing may be placed upon the calendered sheet before the blotter is secured thereto. Preferably, the printing would be placed upon the calendered sheets before the latter are sub-divided to the required size. A long strip of uncalendered or absorbing paper, comprising the blotter, is then pasted across the. large sheets and the entire product sub-divided into the articles of the character illustrated in the drawings. If desired, the sheet of calendered paper may be made very much longer than as shown in the drawings, and comprising four, five, or any number of sections, rather than merely three as illustrated in the drawings. The calendered paper is essentially of a size which is an exact multiple of the unit size defined by the blotter, and the corre- 'sponding size of the two determines the number of times which the calendered advertising portions of the article are wrapped around the blotter section.

In use the calendered sections are wrapped around the blotter,'as indicated in Fig. 3, and the parts are secured in their folded position by means of any suitable clip, as, for instance, clip '14 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The name and address may then be applied and by means of a postage stamp the article may be sent through the mail. Upon arriving at its destination, it is, of course, opened and the promiter is preferably printed instructions to Tear on this line or the equivalent thereof. The advertising matter portion has now fulfilled its purpose and may be thrown away. The blotter carrying the calendered section 1.3 is then ready for oflice use, is perfectly I clean and contains no prominent or objectionable advertising matter,

In the above description of my improved device and in the followingclaims, the term ealendered is employed, but by/such term I do 'notwish to limit myself to paper treated in any particular manner. By the term calendered paper I mean paper having the surface thereof treatedrin any suitable manner or by any suitable process, whereby it is rendered sufficiently smooth to permit fine printing and writing thereon, in contradistinction to the blotting paper, the surface of which readily absorbs ink and does 'not permit of fine printing or Writing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An article of the class described, comprising a sheet o1" calendered paper and a sheet of blotting paper secured 2. A sheet of blotting paper having a sheet of ealendered paper cemented thereto, the length of said sheet of calendered paper being a multiple of the width of the sheet of blotting paper. and the edges of the two sheets coinciding; along three edges of the sheet of blotting paper.

3. In combination, a rectangular sheet of blotting pa per, a sheet of calendered paper secured to said blotting paper and entirely covering one surface thereof. the edges of said sheets coinciding along three edges of the blotting paper, and the fourth edge of the calender-ed paper being at a distance from the edge of the blotting paper substantially equal to a multiple of the width of the blotting paper.

4. A' device of the class described, comprising a rectangular sheet of blotting paper, and a sheet of calendered paper pasted thereto and entirely covering one surface thereof, three edges of said blotting paper coinciding with three edges of said calendered paper and the total length of said calendered paper being a'multiple of the total width of said blotting paper, the calendered paper being adapted to be wrapped aroun'd the blotting paper to em tirely conceal the same and also adapted to hear an address.

gulnr sheet of blotting paper, .a sheet of calendered paper pasted thereto and entirely covering one surface thereof. three sides of saidblotting paper coinciding with three 5. A device of the class described, comprising a rectan-,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 

